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MEXICAN TROOPS BATTLE ALL DAY WITH VILLISTAS; Arrieta, with a Force of 2,000, Engages Contreras Band Near Jiminez. OUTCOME STILL IN DOUBT Santa Rosalia Garrison Alleged to Have Gone Over to the Outlaws' Ranks. WASHINGTON MARKS TIME Carranza Now to Reply to Note on Adjustment of Troubles ;- Rumors of Villa.

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July 9, 1916, Page 1 The New York Times Archives

EL PASO, Texas, July 8. -- Carranza officials in Juarez are awaiting news from Las Nieves, (The Snow,) near Jiminez, where General Domingo Arrleta and Calixto Contreras, a Villista General, are reported to have been conducting a bitter fight all day. Arrieta's force is said to comprise 1,200 cavalrymen and 800 infantry.View Full Article in Timesmachine »

A version of this archives appears in print on July 9, 1916, on Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: MEXICAN TROOPS BATTLE ALL DAY WITH VILLISTAS; Arrieta, with a Force of 2,000, Engages Contreras Band Near Jiminez. OUTCOME STILL IN DOUBT Santa Rosalia Garrison Alleged to Have Gone Over to the Outlaws' Ranks. WASHINGTON MARKS TIME Carranza Now to Reply to Note on Adjustment of Troubles ;- Rumors of Villa. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe